Blog prompt 8

The Phone-hacking Scandal, continued

I could not believe my eyes when I read this article. I knew it must be, of course, but seeing it in a letter from a former reporter of the company showed how uncaring they were. An entire company, ignoring the fact that this phone-hacking, this invasion of privacy is going on under their nose, and not doing anything?

Clive Goodman, News International (NI) former royal reporter, just recently wrote to NI, stating that phone hacking "was 'widely discussed' at editorial meetings, until such chatter was banned by the editor". Apparently, people would do anything for money. If it included covering up an enormous phone-hacking plot, so be it. If it included devastating families of murder victims more, so be it. I doubt they have any heart left in them at all, letting all this go by unsettled. I personally feel disgusted at the hearts of these men. Where are their morals? If it had been Murdoch alone, it would have been his mistake. Standing aside and letting a crime happen is almost tantamount to having committed it himself. Someone should have stood up to Murdoch, regardless of his authority, to guide him back to the path, to not allow him to stray off. Instead, the whole executive staff played an extreme "follow-the-leader" game, where they followed his plans, not knowing right or wrong. I wish they had a sense of moral value to at least try and stop him, which would t least be the right thing to do even if it means risking his job. Others more worthy to follow might have appreciated this value of integrity at least, but now they have a criminal record and are involved with Murdoch, no one will hire them any more.